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Unhealthy relationships highlighted in Childline campaign
Childline has seen a 24% rise in contacts about online sexual abuse in 2015/16, and so has launched a campaign #ListenToYourSelfie aimed at helping yo...
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UK-wide child sexual exploitation unit launched
NWG Network, a national charity dedicated to tackling child sexual exploitation, has launched a UK-wide child sexual exploitation unit. Announced by t...
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Call to bring young Calais refugees under British safeguarding rules
Labour MP Stella Creasy has called for the child welfare bill to be amended to give young refugees in Calais protection under British safeguarding rul...
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Radicalisation helpline
The NSPCC has launched a 24-hour helpline for adults who have concerns about children and young people being radicalised, or who need advice on how to...
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Review of children’s residential care
Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of children’s residential care in England has been published by the Department for Education. It looks at th...
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5,702 new cases of FGM in 2015/16
Figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre have revealed that there were 5,702 new cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in England...
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CQC find health services fail to protect children
The Care Quality Commission has said there are serious shortcomings in the ability of local areas to identify those at risk of harm in a review of how...
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Vulnerable children inadvertently ‘re-retraumatised’
Report by mental health charity YoungMinds has claimed that schools, social workers, police and NHS staff may be inadvertently re-traumatising vulnera...
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